Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test
Memory tip (Letters, rhymes and chunks): Acronyms and sentences: first letters, in the same order as the list. Rhymes: listen for the same ending sound. Chunking: same digits, same order, just grouped. Choose the tool: numbers → chunks, lists → acronym or sentence, one fact → rhyme.
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- 1.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
- 2.📅 The digits 12101998 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 12/1019/98 (b) 12/10/1998 (c) 121/019/98 (d) 1210/19/98
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Neat Sing Wise (b) Eat Sing Wise Neat (c) Neat Eat Sing Wise (d) Wise Sing Eat Neat
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ice Big ___ Young Owls Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Bakes (c) Goats (d) Jump
- 5.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
- 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, van, jug, parrot, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OVJPL (b) VOJPL (c) VJPLO (d) LPJVO
- 7.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 8.True or false: “block” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 5518804082. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 551 880 4082 (b) 551 880 40882 (c) 515 880 4082 (d) 551 880 082
- 10.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 931523112. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 931 532 112 (b) 931 523 12 (c) 931 523 112 (d) 931 552 3112
- 12.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) indigo (d) blue
- 13.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 447520040770. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4475 2040 770 (b) 4475 2040 0770 (c) 4475 2004 07700 (d) 4475 2004 0770
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: radio, coconut, vase? (a) Red Cook Vans (b) Cook Vans Red (c) Vans Cook Red (d) Cook Red Vans
- 16.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Pacific (b) Indian (c) Atlantic (d) Arctic
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mum Funny Jeeps (b) Funny Jeeps Mum Aunty (c) Jeeps Funny Mum Aunty (d) Funny Mum Aunty Jeeps
- 18.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
- 19.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Earth
- 20.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 21.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) numbers and letter lists (c) nothing at all (d) only numbers
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, jalebi, guava, lemon, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TLGJM (b) JGLTM (c) JMGLT (d) MJGLT
- 23.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they are longer (c) they need no practice (d) sound patterns stick
- 24.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
- 25.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Asia (b) Europe (c) North America (d) South America
- 26.📅 The digits 16041961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 16/0419/61 (b) 16/04/1961 (c) 1604/19/61 (d) 160/419/61
- 27.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) king (b) cake (c) clock (d) bell
- 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 884794040. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 884 794 040 (b) 847 940 40 (c) 884 799 4040 (d) 887 494 040
- 29.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) root (c) leaf (d) stem
- 31.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) one word holds a list (d) they need no learning
- 32.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 2 (L) stand for? (a) egg (b) adult (c) larva (d) pupa
- 33.🎵 Which word does “smell” rhyme with? (a) king (b) rain (c) bell (d) clock
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: watch, goat, radio? (a) Runs Green Wise (b) Wise Green Runs (c) Green Wise Runs (d) Green Runs Wise
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) one (b) make (c) thing (d) wing
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 993490344. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 993 903 44 (b) 993 490 344 (c) 993 490 3344 (d) 939 490 344
- 37.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
- 39.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “Seven Wins ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Red (b) My (c) Eight (d) Goats
- 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Inside Big Grab Yum Only Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Owls (b) Very (c) Mum (d) Silly
Answer key
- first letters as a word
- 12/10/1998
- Neat Eat Sing Wise
- Goats
- the rainbow colours
- OVJPL
- 3
- True
- 551 880 4082
- False
- 931 523 112
- blue
- a rhyme
- 4475 2004 0770
- Red Cook Vans
- Pacific
- Jeeps Funny Mum Aunty
- pupa
- Mercury
- 3
- numbers and letter lists
- MJGLT
- sound patterns stick
- a first-letter sentence
- South America
- 16/04/1961
- king
- 884 794 040
- False
- stem
- one word holds a list
- larva
- bell
- Wise Green Runs
- make
- 993 490 344
- False
- a silly, funny one
- Goats
- Very
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